Howard Gittis Student Center — Local services in Philadelphia

From the UPS store to Starbucks, the student center got every Temple student covered for his/her basic needs. The great thing about it is you don't need to show an ID to get in, as this is the place you come to get your student ID in the first place. All the societies live here and when they have events, it's most likely hosted in rooms 200B which is quite daunting to find from the entrance because there are no useful directions to get from point A to point B here. Arrive early if you're a freshman otherwise you'd be struggling to locate where you'd want to go like a fish out of water. You can get passport size photos for cheap here too on the second floor, cash or diamond dollars only, but there are two pnc ATMs here that got you covered. Speaking of covered, the wellness center on the second floor sells items such as condoms (all textures, thickness and flavors), dental drams etc for the extremely cheap price of 10 cents per condom to nail down the spread of STDs on campus. The Caveat being you need your Temple ID and there's a 50 condom limit per month in case you wanted to start a...

There are pool tables, a foosbal table (which is so-so), ping-pong tables, tv room and some video game room. I have no idea what video games are available, but the ones I've seen are pretty basic. Also they have board games but most of them are rather bad. Probably Catan is the only normal board game I would play. There are limited options for eating and drinking (e.g. can't buy water only soda, or anything other than snaks to eat), but the space is good...

I love the student center, one of my favorite places to go on campus mostly because they have a good variety of food including Chick-fil-A, wing stop, Starbucks, and Salad Works as well as a few other spots including food trucks right outside to get food from. There’s also a Philadelphia Credit Union and the Temple bookstore inside there too. You can also host meetings and other things of that nature here too...